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Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

by k4sac @ Thursday, July 16th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under FCC, NTIA

This is something that has been rumored to be in the works for a while, and was expected to show up.
Senators Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine have introduced a bill in the Senate that mandate an inventory of radio spectrum between 300 Mhz and 3.5 Ghz.
The Radio Spectrum Inventory [...]

FCC and warrantless searches

by k4sac @ Thursday, May 21st, 2009. Tags:
Filed under FCC

As most ham radio operators know, and as some pirate radio stations have found out, the FCC enjoys broad power to come into your house and “inspect” your equipment.
The FCC  doesn’t need a warrant to come in and “inspect” your ham equipment, although if they intend on seizing equipment, they need to work with the [...]

FCC files petition for expedited rulemaking against towers

by k4sac @ Friday, May 1st, 2009. Tags:
Filed under FCC, antennas

On April 14, 2009 the FCC in concert with bird organizations has filed a petition for expedited rulemaking to protect birds from towers
You can download the PDF here
Specifically, Petitioners request that the FCC undertake the
following actions:
· Amend the Commission’s regulations that implement NEPA, “consistent with Council on
Environmental Quality regulations and guidance,” to “cure deficiencies” [...]

440 Mhz band in danger again

by k4sac @ Tuesday, April 14th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under FCC

The FCC has released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making ET Docket No. 09-36  RM-11404
The matter at hand is the Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the Commission’s Rules to Provide Additional
Spectrum for the Medical Device Radiocommunication Service in the 413-457 MHz band (which covers the ham radio 420-450 band)
The purpose of the NPRM [...]

Radio Spectrum Inventory Act

by k4sac @ Saturday, March 28th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under FCC, NTIA

There has been a new bill introduced in the Senate called the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act.
This act which was sponsered by John Kerry of Mass. and Olympia Snowe of Maine, would require  all frequencies between 300Mhz and 3.5Ghz to be inventoried by the NTIA and the FCC .
The law will require that 180 days after [...]

Beacon system-Service or QRM?

by k4sac @ Monday, March 9th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under ARRL, FCC, beacons, contests, dx, space, sunspots

NCDXF beacon system is a set of beacons, scattered around the world, that operate to informs hams of potential propagation openings. Each beacon transmits every three minutes, day and night. A transmission consists of the callsign of the beacon [...]

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